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JOHN M. GROHOF BEN'EVOLA, MARYLAND.

Y Letters Patent No. 82,308, dated September 22, 1868# y IMPROVED MAT.

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Be it known that'I, JOHN M. Gr-ROB, of Benevola, Washington county,Maryland, have inventeda'ne'w and improved Mode of Manufacturing Matsand I -do hereby declare that the following'is a full, clear, and exactdescription'of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of the specification, in whichl Figurel is asideview of my grooved mat-frame, with the bars or slots to which the husksare to he fastened.

Figure 2 is a side view of a har that isvheing filled with husks.

Figure 3 is'a side view of the same, showinghow to fasten the ends whenthe bar isfull, and

Figure 4 isa side View of a completed mat. I

v My invention consists, rst, in using e. wooden or metallic 'frame-oi'any 'shape or form, to hold the bars to which the husksor theirsubstitutes are fastened. y

My invention consists, second, in fastening the husks or theirsubstitutes to wooden or metallic slots or bars,A and then insertingthem into a frame.A

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willdescribe the same more minutely with reference to the drawings. v v l iA. is the frame, Vcompos-ed of wood, and grooved aroundl its inner edgelin such a manner as to form two ianges, B B', between which thelarsv Gare placed, when filled. If desired, the flanges maybe composed ofseparate pieces, placed upon each side oi'- the frame A insuch a manner,as to leave a groove or recess for the t passage of the bars.,

The upper ilange'B is notched -at C, for the admission of the'outer endof the filled hars, whose opposite Y ends rest in the groove.

Fig. 2 represents a bar, around which the vhusks are being fastened,thus :v Take the husks and dampen them, then lay a bunch on the bar,hold it with your thumb,` and'take'the thin end around the bar, betweenyou and the other end of the husk, forming the' lap D, and lay it underyour thumb. l Place the next bunch on this, and proceed as with theother, until the bar is lled, when you fasten the last end by passing itonce morev around, and-putting it under the last coil, as at-E, gl.

Then, in orderl to make oblong 4or round mats,'or`sueh as require barsof unequal length, make the frame with grooved sides, as represented iniig. 1, and begin to ll, Vand insert the shortest end bars of the oneend. Keep on till you ,get to the last long bar, then ll fremd' theother end, push or press the bars apart, and insert the last long bar.Push the last bar under the notched flange, pin at the other end at F,iig-1, to secure it, .and the mat isl finished. Y

Square or rectangular frameshaving oars of equal lengths, are so easilyfilled from one end to the other, pressing the bars closely together, asto require no further explanation. y

What 'I claim las my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The mat,constructed as described, consisting of the wooden block havingan interior groove `adapted -to receive the filled bars through thenotch C in the iienge of said blo-ck, as herein described for thepurpose specified.

JNO. M. GROH.

Witnesses z EMANUEL Bowman, ALFRED Minnen.

